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The $4/gallon noose tightens: credit cards not welcome at some gas stations

Photo by ^Riza^. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Man, expensive fuel has all sorts of unexpected impacts. People stealing four thousand gallons of diesel in LA. More people running out of gas on the side of the road. More four-day work weeks. And now, ta da, gas stations that don't accept credit cards. Well, there's at least one station that doesn't: a small shop in Charleston, West Virgina, according to the AP. The problem is the way that credit companies get their money, which is a percentage of the total sale (that's why ... Read more →

Crossing the line: U.S. national gas price average officially goes over $4/gallon Sebastian Blanco

The $4/gallon noose tightens: credit cards not welcome at some gas stations 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Crossing the line: U.S. national gas price average officially goes over $4/gallon 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Cyfer13. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Depending on where you live, this may seem like old news. As the photo above (taken by Flickr user Cyfer13 on May 24 in San Francisco) shows, gas has been over $4 a gallon in some areas for a while now. But the official word has now ...

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